Roosevelt Boulevard crash kills man

A 47-year-old man was killed in a one-car crash on Roosevelt Boulevard Sunday night.

A 47-year-old man was killed in a one-car crash on Roosevelt Boulevard on Sunday night.

The fatal accident occurred at the Boulevard and Whitaker Avenue in North Philadelphia about 10:20 p.m., police said.

The man, whom police were not identifying Monday morning, was traveling south in the Boulevard's southbound outer lanes when he suddenly lost control of his convertible and struck a pole. He was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 11:03 p.m.